Tickets to the concert are $7.00 in advance for adults and $5.00 for students ages 6-18.  Children under six are free.  Tickets at the door are $10.00 for adults and $7.00 for students.  Ticket locations include Givens Book Store in Lynchburg, Arthur’s Jewelry Store and the Bedford Area Welcome Center in Bedford.  Guests can also call 540-586-3329 to order tickets by mail; however, orders must be received by May 23. Visitors are asked to bring their own chair to the event. Sponsors for this year’s concert includes Generation Solutions, Bedford Memorial Hospital, and “Your Hometown News Leader, WDBJ7″.

This event is a series of events taking place at the Memorial within the coming weeks.  On Monday, May 28 at 11am the Memorial hosts a Memorial Day program which includes special recognition of Normandy veteran, 1^stLt. Evelyn “Chappy” Kowalchuk, who served with the 818^th MAETS and evacuated wounded soldiers from Omaha Beach on D+3.  On June 6, the Memorial commemorates the 68^th anniversary of D-Day with special guests from the 101^st Airborne to celebrate their 70^th anniversary and to dedicate a new name to the Memorial wall paying tribute to the 4,413 who gave their lives on D-Day.  For more information on these upcoming events, contact the Memorial at 540-586-3329 or visit www.dday.org.

Mary Anne Leslie is a licensed Assisted Living Health Care Administrator in the Commonwealth of Virginia and sole proprietor of Life Skills for Excellence, LLC, a learning investment firm. We are excited to have Mrs. Leslie offer her vast health care knowledge as a resource to further serve the Smith Mountain Lake community and provide guidance concerning home health services, private duty, and durable medical equipment.

Caregiving can be stressful, but we hope that the day’s activities will provide you the opportunity to leave it behind, if only for a little while, and enjoy yourself. The day is packed with activities to encourage you to put yourself first because taking care of yourself will make it easier to take care of others.

We also hope that you’ll meet new friends- friends who, like you, provide care for a loved one or offer support. Most of all, we hope that you relax and make the most of this day. You deserved “Just Rewards”.”

When: November 3, 2011
Time: 9:00am – 2:00pm
Where: Central Virginia Area Agency on Aging, Inc.
501 12th Street at the corner of 12th and Madison Streets
Downtown Lynchburg

The day is filled with relaxing activities including massage therapy, a laughter session, jewelry making as well as lunch and lots more. Click on the link below for complete information.

Just Rewards 2011

The 3rd Annual Blue Ridge Best of: Retirement Living Awards will highlight nearly 40 professionals, facilities and services throughout Southwest Virginia that seniors in our community believe are the best! So follow the link and vote for Generation Solutions as Best in Home Health! You can vote for Roanoke and Lynchburg. Voting ends August 10th.

If you have any questions, feel free to call the good folks over at Our Health Magazine at #540.355.3071 or contact them via email at info@ourhealthvirginia.com

This program ,which is based on Wagner’s Chronic Care model, provides support for patients with chronic diseases to help them more successfully self manage their care. Irvine will also take part in an initiative to train other home health nurses in Virginia to be Chronic Care Specialists in an effort lead a team of professionals to improve care and save Medicare resources in the future.